Transmit Time-Out-Time; Scan; Watch; Dual Watch - Humminbird VHF255S-DSC User Manual

4.2.2 Wx weather channels
There are 10 weather channels. Used for monitoring weather channel from
the Wx broadcast.
To receive a weather channel, press and hold the Cancel / Wx key from any
1.
channel. The transceiver will go to the last selected weather channel.
2. Press the UP or DOWN key on the microphone to select a different weather
channel.
3. To exit from the weather channels, press the CANCEL / WX key. The
transceiver returns to the channel it was on prior to a weather channel.
4.2.3 weather alert mode (ALT)
If the weather alert mode is on and the weather alert tone of 1050 Hz is
broadcast from the weather station it is picked up automatically and the
alarm sound, press any key to hear the weather alert voice message.
4.2.4 setup weather alert mode (ALT)
During the Weather mode Long press the cancel/Wx key will toggle the
Wx Alert On/Off
4.3 Memory Channels
4.3.1 Memory Channels selection
1 press Hi/Lo/ mem button to enter the MEM mode;
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In MEM mode, rotate CHANNEL/SELECT knob to select MEM
channel in the memory. With the knob being rotated, the
channel and The icon M will be turned on for indication that
channel be saved in MEM lists displayed on the LCD display
4.3.2 SAVE favorite the Channels
1 Your can store in the hope of channels as favorite channel.
Program the FAV channel and store Process as follow:
2 At normal mode, tune to the desired channel and then press
and hold the BAND/SAVE key to save it as Favorite channel.
The icon will be turned on for indication that channel be
saved in FAV list.
3 Then tune to next desired channel and repeat the keystroke
sequences till all desired channels be programmed / saved.
4.3.3 MEM Channels delete
1 Delete the channel from the MEM list at Normal mode. Select
the target channel with icon ON. Press and hold the
BAND/SAVE key till the icon turn OFF. The target channel will
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then be deleted out from the MEM list. Repeat the keystroke
operation for those unwanted channels.
2 If no channel has been programmed, an error beep occurs with
indicate error message.
4.4 Transmit time-out timer (TOT)
When the PTT button on the microphone is held down,
transmit time is limited to 5 minutes. This will avoid
unintentional transmissions.
automatic transmitter shutdown, a warning beep will be heard
from the speaker(s). The transceiver will automatically go to
receive mode. Before transmitting again, the PTT button must
be released and then pressed again.
4.5

Scan:

Scanning is an efficient way to locate signals quickly over a
wide frequency range.
The transceiver Scan mode has 2 types available: normal
scan and memory channels scan. If no memory channels the
way is normal all scan (1.2.3.4...), if there are memory
channels only scan memory channels. Any type has a normal
scan and the priority scan
1 Press and hold SCAN Key over 3sec, the Priority scan mode
(1,16,2,16,3,16...) will be selected. P-scan icon will be appear
on LCD Press and hold SCAN key over 3sec to turn it back to
normal scan, the scan mode icon will be display.
2 During the SCAN modes:
Press Up/Down key (CH knob clockwise/anti-clockwise) will
change the scan direction.
3 Press SCAN key again will terminate the scan operation and
stop at the last used channel.
Press CANCEL key will also terminate the scan function and
state at the last used channel
It also can be to cancel by 16.PTT.
4.6

Watch:

4.6.1

Dual watch

Press Watch key to activate the DUAL WATCH mode. Monitor
the current channel and Ch 16 in cycle. Icon "DUAL" will appear
on the LCD. Weather Alert is also activated automatically.
About 10 second before
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